Giving it a go: Only thing to lose is the possibility for learning

I decided to give Podcasts a try, and by try, I mean do my own. I really started to learn more about how to create one by looking into Soundtrap to use with my students. But with the end of the year coming up so quickly and the mix of tests, changed schedules and other events, it just did not happen. So I decided to do my own, without any real direction to go in.

I have been a listener of podcasts for a while and have been fortunate to be a guest on some as well. Last year I was a guest on Vicki Davis’ show, which was an awesome surprise and great experience.. Dr. Will had me as a guest last spring and I had the opportunity to talk with Andrew Wheelock, Coffee With a Geek Podcast creator as well.

I have many friends who have podcasts and they are amazing, the sound, so professional and so well done. I know that I am not going to be at that level…at least not yet. I have not found much time lately to write, and will also be very limited in writing in a few weeks once I have shoulder surgery, so I guess the time is now for me to try this podcast thing out.

It will be random, it is unnamed, and the episodes vary in length. I am and will always be a work in progress. Still learning as I go, definitely room to grow, but just excited to try something different, even though it is a bit scary. It is one thing to put your words and ideas out there in writing, but another to speak openly through a podcast.

Episode 1 is here, very brief, very random, but hopefully will entertain, or give an idea, or even lead you to give me some feedback or even be a guest on my show, once I figure out how that works! Now if you want to listen, see if you can find the widget….

About Rachelle Dene Poth

I am an EdTech Consultant, a Spanish and STEAM: What’s nExT in Emerging Technology Teacher at Riverview Junior-Senior High School in Oakmont, PA. I am also an attorney and earned my Juris Doctor Degree from Duquesne University School of Law and have a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology. I am the Communications Chair for the ISTE Mobile Learning Network, the President-for the Teacher Education Network. I was selected as the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by PAECT (the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications in Technology, the PA affiliate of ISTE) and by the NSBA as one of the "20 to watch" educators. I am proud to be involved in several communities including being an Ambassador for Buncee, CoSpaces, Flipgrid, and an Edmodo Certified Trainer, Nearpod PioNear, TES Ambassador. I am a MIE Expert and Google Certified Levels I and II. I wrote chapter 3 of the Edumatch book “Snapshot in Education 2016”, and I am a contributing author to “Gamify Literacy” from ISTE. I enjoy blogging and writing for DefinedSTEM, Getting Smart and I am always looking for new learning opportunities to benefit my students.
I am the author of uNconventional: The Impact of Thinking Differently in the Classroom; In Other Words, and The Future is Now.
You can connect with me on Twitter @rdene915.